Flexible pocket receptacle



July 17, 1934.

w. R. BUXTON 1,966,430

FLEXIBLE POCKET RECEPTACLE Filed March 24, 1953 sheets-sheet 1 VINVENTOR.

MENER RBuno/v ATTORNEYS;

y. 1934- w. R. BUXTON FLEXIBLE POCKET RECEPTACLE 2 Sheets-Sheet I 2 Filed March 24, 1933 V INVENTOR MRNER RBz/x row A TTORNEYS.

I The'invention has for an objectithe provision Patented July 17; 1934 V N TED: PATENT" OFFICE: L

a v 1,966,431) 7 FLEXIBLEPOCKET RECEPTACLE Warner R l iuxton', :Longmeadow,

Application March 24, 1933, Serial No. 662,550

' 7 Claims. (c1. 150'38) it 7' This invention relates to an improved flexible pocket receptacle suchyfor example, as theseoalled bill 'fold usedifor carrying' bills, checks, passes, cards and the like.

of an improved construction and mounting of the tubularinner wall end section or sections, be-- sion to occur, as by thec'ramming ofthe bill compartmentwith a heavy load of bills, without causing thedistortion of parts and the accompanying disfiguration in appearance which result under like conditions of use with prior art constructions.

These and other features of the invention will more particularly appear as the detailed description proceeds and will be pointed out in the appended claims.

'Theinvention will be disclosed with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figs. '1, 2 and 3 are developed views of the several blanks from which the bill fold is made; 'Figs: 4= and 5 are front and end elevational views, respectively, of one of the tubular inner wall end sections; v e

Fig; 6 is afragme'ntary elevational view showingthe manner of assembling the end section of Fig. 4 in the bill fold; 1 Fig. '7 is an elev'ational view of the completed billfold; Y

Fig. 8 is a cross sectional view taken on the 'linej8-8 of Fig. '7; 1 I

Fig. 9 is an elevational view, partly in section,

illustrative of the manner in which the'tubular end sections can yieldupwardly compartment is well filled;

' Fig. lois an elevational view of a bill fold and illustrates the' 'distortion of'parts including the central bulging of the bottom edge of the bill fold which would occurexcept for the action illustrated'iriFig. 9;-and- Figs; 11, 12 and 13 are viewsv taken :similarly to Fig. 6 and show modificationsin details of construction. l p Referring'to these; drawings, the bill fold is when the bill .made' 'up .of leather or other suitable flexible material from the parts shown separately in Figs. 1,-2 and 3. The part'shown in Fig. lcomprises an outer wall 13, hav ngintermediate its ends a transverse line of fold Hand having foldably connected to'one side edge thereof two flaps 15 which are disposed in longitudinally spaced relation,

zone. on each side of said line of fold 14. The outer ends of flaps 15 align with the outer endsofthe outer wall. They are adapted to be folded along} line 16 upwardly and over and *upon the wall 13.

' Thetwo parts shown;in Fig. 2 are of like cone struotion and differ only in that one is a left and the other a right. for obvious reasons. Each such part comprises an outer member 17 foldably connected along line 18 to an inner member 19. The outer end of each inner member 19 projects beyond the corresponding end of its outer member 1'7. These members 17 and 197are substantially equal in. width and, one ofqthem, as the member 17, is provided with an integralflap 20 foldable alongthe line 21 and adapted for a purpose later to appear. r

The part 22 shown inrFig. 3 forms the central and slidablesection of the inner wall of the bill fold. The section 22 has a. centrally ,locatedand transversely disposed line of fold 23 and longig lows. Each of the parts shown in Fig. 2 is folded v along the line 18 to superpose the section 17 upon the section .19; The part shown in Fig-3 isthen placed between the sections 17 andij19 with its upper edge adjacent thesf-old line 18 and its lower 'edge'adjacent' the. substantially coincident lower edges of'the folded parts 1'7 and. 19. The

latter are arranged relativeto .member 22 so that the flaps 20 liebetween the tongues 24. Then these-flaps 20 are folded overand upon the walls 19 and suitably secured thereto, as adhesively. In this way two completely closed tubes, each of the sortshown in Figs. 4. and 5 are formed, each such tube having smooth unconstricted upper and lower runways 18 and 21,, respectively, for the sliding piece 22. Thetongues 24 serve. tolimit the extent of outward movement of these'tubes on the member 22. It is also possible to first completely form the tubes shown in FigsA and 5 and insert the member 22 therein afterwards by bending the tongues 24 enough to enable the h member to be. passed through the tubes; These tubes are then laid in place on the outer wall 13 in the manner shown in Fig. 6 sothat the outer end of each wall 19, coincides with the adjacent fold is then completely formed and appearsfas shown in Fig. 7. I". f .The important.characteristicof the invention ;is that the tubes .17, 19ers mounted withffre end only so that it has pivotal movement and can move up and down in the pocket afforded between its fiap and the outer wall. It is not necessarily essential that the rear wall 19 of the tube be fastened as described. It is equally feasible to fasten the front wall only of the tube as is shown in Fig. 12, where the front wall 1'? is made longer than the rear wall 19 for this purpose. It is also possible to fasten both walls of the tube, as shown in Fig. 11, wherein the front and rear walls 17" and 19" both extend to the outer end edge of the outer wall to be secured by the stitching's 25. Usually, it will be found prefeither the upper or the lower.

erable to fasten one wall only of the tube because this affords a more flexible connection for the pivotal movement of the tubes than when both walls are secured. It is also feasible to connect one corner only of the tube to the outer wall,

One such arrangement is shown in Fig. 13 where the upper corner 30 of member 19 is secured to the outer wall.

The bill fold formed and assembled as described, is shown in open or unfolded position in Fig. 7. It may be closed or folded into form for carrying in the pocket by superposing one half upon the other, the parts swinging about the coincident lines of fold 14 and 23. The bill fold, in common with bill folds of the prior art, affords a compartment 26 (Fig. 8) for bills, checks and the like, formed between the outer wall 13 and an inner wall composed of tubular end sections 1'7, 19 and a relative slidable intermediate section 22, the ends of which are telescoped in the tubes. Unlike the bill folds of the prior art, the tubular end sections of the inner wall are not fastened along their lower edges to the lower edge of the outer wall but are free to move up and down relatively to the outer wall and relatively to the flaps 15. These fiaps serve to conceal the tubes in part, to retain them in position by restraining them from outward swinging movement about the lines of fastening 25 as axes, and also to afford pockets between them and the tubes.

The importance of the novel manner of mounting the tubes 17, 19 can best be appreciated by considering first what happens in a bill fold of ordinary construction when the bill compartment is well filled with bills. In Fig. 10, the bill fold there shown has an outer wall a and an inner wall consisting of two end sections 2) presenting confronting pockets in which are slidably received the ends of a central section 0. The end sections 1; correspond in purpose to the parts 17 of Fig. 7 but, unlike those parts, they are attached along their lower edges to the lower edge of the outer wall in accordance with prior practice. When the bill compartment is crammed with bills, the inner and outer walls have to spread apart to an abnormal degree. The walls a and I), being secured together at their outer ends, cannot spread apart at those locations but the inner and confronting ends of sections 1) can and do spread apart to accommodate the increase in thickness of the load of bills in the bill compartment. Something has to give under these conditions and what actually happens is that there is a pulling over of the lower portion of the outer wall by the sections band this results in pulling up the lower edges of the bill fold as shown at at, so that they become inclined from their normal positions represented by the line e. The lower edge is pulled up to the greatest degree at the inner ends of sections 1) and to a degree which progressively decreases toward the ends of the bill fold. The central portion of the outer wall being unattached to sections 11, does not pull up in the manner described and an unsightly bulge, such as g, is formed in the central part of the lower edge of the bill fold.

The improved manner disclosed herein, of mounting the tubular end sections of the inner wall avoids the unsightly appearance caused by overloading of the bill compartment. These end sections are unattached to the outer wall along their lower edges and, being attached only at their outer ends to the outer wall, they can and do yield upwardly under the condition described, as illustrated in Fig. 9. As the inner ends of the tubes 17, 19 spread apart to accommodate the increased thickness of the load of bills in the compartment 26, they tend to lift as described above, but in so doing they do not pull up on the lower edge of the outer wall and that edge is left smooth and straight and devoid of the unsightly central bulge, such as that shown at g in Fig. 10. The degree to which the tubes may spread apart is limited by the tongues 24 which abut the lower ends of the tubes as shown in Fig. 9. The freedom of these tubes to move upwardly is restrained by the action of the sliding member 22. This member, as shown, is unattached anywhere to the outer wall. While it might be attached at its ends to the outer wall in ways exemplified in the prior art, it is important that it be devoid of any connection with the lower edge of the outer wall because this member 22 is carried upwardly with the tubes 17, 19 which completely encompass it, and would therefore pull over the lower portion of the outer wall and create the condition which it is desired to avoid. Thus, the member 22 can move upwardly with the tubes without pulling on the outer wall. And it can move upwardly until it reaches the position shown in Fig. 9. In this position the lower edge of member 22 abuts the lower and inner corners of the tubes and the upper corners of the member 22 abut the upper runways of the tubes, thus arresting further upward movementof the member 22.

The upward displacement of the tubesis not very noticeable and does not create an appearance which is at all objectionable. The greater part of each tube is concealed by the adjacent flap l5 and particularly the outer end portion of the tube which lies adjacent the line offastening 25 and which naturally will buckle to a slight degree to allow the pivotal movement of the tube. The eye does not readily detect that the exposed upper edges of the tubes are not exactly in parallel relation. There is no unsightly bulge in the lower edge of the bill fold and, as will be clear from a comparison of Figs. 9 and 10, there is a material improvement in the appearance of the bill fold when the tubes are mounted as herein disclosed. I

Since the tubes can move upwardly, the bills in the bill compartment can be pressed down into i the very bottom of the compartment and rest on the integral fold connection 16. This connection is not, as formerly, used as a runway for the sliding piece 22 but separate runways are provided for it in the-tubes and these runwaysiso will rise to a higher level than the connection 16 and clear the bottom of the bill compartment for the reception of bills.

While the best results and the full benefits of the invention are secured with the use of two of the tubes 17, 19 and a central sliding piece 22 which is independent of these tubes, it is possible to secure a measure of the advantages of the invention by using only one such tube. The other inner wall end section, although mounted in a similar way, would notneedl to be tubular or two ply but could consist simply of one wall having an extension forming the central section and extending into the tubular end section.

The invention has been disclosed herein, in -an embodiment at present preferred, for illustrative purposes, but the scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description.

What I claim is:

l. A flexible pocket receptacle, comprising, an outer wall foldable along a transverse line intermediate its ends, an inner wall consisting of longitudinally-spaced end sections disposed on opposite sides of said line and an intermediate section unattached to the side edges of the outer wa l and bridging the gap between the end sections and slidable with respect to at least one of them, at least one of said end sections comprising a twoply tubular member to slidably receive an end of said intermediate section and completely encompass the same, said member being secured along one end edge to the adjacent end edge of the outer wall and being otherwise free from attachment thereto and free to move upwardly away from the lower side edge of the outer wall and carry with it the end of said intermediate section which it encompasses, and a fiap secured to the outer wall and covering at least the lower portion of the exposed ply of said two-ply member.

2. A flexible pocket receptacle, comprising, an outer wall foldable along a transverse line intermediate its ends, an inner wall consisting of longitudinally spaced end sections disposed on opposite sides of said line and an intermediate section unattached to the side edges of the outer wall and bridging the gap between the'end sections and slidable with respect to at least one of them, at least one of said end sections comprising a two-ply tubular member to slidably receive an end of said intermediate section and completely encompass the same, one ply only of such member being secured along one end edge to the adjacent end edge of the outer wall, said member being otherwise free from attachment to the outer wall and free to move toward and away from the lower side edge thereof and carry with it that end of the intermediate section which it encompasses, and a flap between which and said outer wall said member is interposed and by which it is covered at least in part, said flap connected to one side edge and one end edge of the outer wall and free from connection tosaid member except for the aforesaid connection along its outer end edge to said one ply.

3. A flexible pocket receptacle, comprising, an outer wall foldable along a transverse line intermediate its ends, an inner wall consisting of longitudinally spaced tubular end sections disposed on opposite sides of said line and secured along their outer ends only to the outer wall and an intermediate section free from connection to the side edges of the outer wall and bridging the gap between the end sections having its ends telescoped in and slidable relatively to said tubular sections, said end sections completely encompassing the telescoped ends of the intermediate section, and flaps one for each end section and connected to said outer wall and forming therewith pockets in which said tubular sections are received and by which they are covered at least in part. I

4. A flexible pocket receptacle, comprising, an outer wall foldable along a transverse line intermediate its ends, an inner wall consisting of longitudinally spaced end sectionsdisposed on opposite sides of said line and an intermediate section unattached to the side edges of the outer tions and slidable with respect thereto, said end sections having near their inner ends tubular portions to completely encompass and telescopically receive the ends of said intermediate section, said end sections being secured along one end only to the adjacent end edge of said outer wall and free to move toward and away from the lower side edge of said outer wall and carry with it said bridging section, and flaps one for each end section connected to said outer wall and forming with it pockets in which said end sections are received and in part concealed.

5. A flexible pocket receptacle, comprising an outer wall having intermediate its ends a transverse line of fold, flaps one on each side of said line, each said flap connected along one end edge and one side edge to an end edge and the lower side edge respectively of said outer wall and forming with the latter pockets, inner wall end sections mounted one in each said pocket with freedom to move toward or away from said lower side edge, said end sections having confronting tubular portions, and an intermediate inner wall section unattached to the side edges of the outer wall, said intermediate section bridging the gap between the end sections and having its ends telescoped one in each of said tubular confrontward or away from said lower side edge.

6. A flexible pocket receptacle, comprising, an outer wall having intermediate its ends a transverse line of fold, an inner Wall comprising at least two members which are relatively slidable in a longitudinal direction, one of said members having a tubular portion to completely encompass and telescopically receive the other member, and a flap secured along one end edge and one side edge to an end edge and the lower side edge ofthe cuter wall and forming therewith a pocket which lies wholly on one side of said line of fold and in which said first named member is mounted with freedom to move toward and away from said lower edge.

7. A flexible pocket receptacle, comprising, an outer wall having intermediate its ends a transverse .line of fold, an inner wall comprising at least two members which are relatively slidable in a longitudinal direction, one of said members having a tubular portion to completely encompass and telescopically receive the other member, a flap secured along one end edge and one side edge to an end edge and the lower side edge of the outer wall and forming therewith a pocket which lies Wholly on one side of said line of fold and in which said first named member is disposed, and means pivotally connecting said first named member tothe outer wall so that it may swing up and down in said pocket.

- WARNER R. BUXTON.

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